Jackson v. Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court, first district, of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Jordan Jackson, the appellant, was the plaintiff in the court below; the Illinois Central Railroad Company, appellee, was defendant there.
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From the circuit court, first district, of Hinds county. Hon. J. B. Chrisman, Judge. Jordan Jackson, the appellant, was the plaintiff in the court below; the Illinois Central Railroad Company, appellee, was defendant there. Appellant, Jackson, brought this suit in 1894 against the appellee for breach of a contract of employment for life, alleging that, having some eight years before lost a leg from being injured by a train of the railroad company, he was promised “a job for life ” if he would not sue for damages for •the injury. The railroad company denied the contract. Jackson was in the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, C. J.
That the appellant had a personal injury claim (whether good or bad we need not concern ourselves with), and was threatening suit against the railroad company, can hardly be said to be disputed. The only evidence having a semblance of contradiction is found in the deposition of Turner, the then division superintendent of the railroad company. But that is only to the effect that Turner now has no recollection of a threatened suit. This want of recollection on Turner’s part is not in conflict with the other positive statements made by other witnesses. That the appellant was seen during his…
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